"Masters of Horror"

[Dr Doran]

Stumbled across a boxed set of a cable TV show from the 80s or 90s consisting of 1-hour movies done by famous directors. The series was called "Masters of Horror."

The first was "Jenifer" by Dario Argento (of Suspiria and Profondo Rosso fame), based on a comic book I read as a little boy that scared the ______ out of me and that I never forgot, whose story I have told around many campfires. To finally see a filmed version of it, by no less than Dario Argento, was a religious experience. This movie version is absolutely fantastic, horrific, disgusting, monstrous, and stands up tall and proud. Just brilliant - I loved it. Sick, needless to say ...

The second is a mediocre thing by John Carpenter called "Cigarette Burns" about a guy hired to find an obscure avant-garde film that drove its watchers crazy many decades ago.

Has anyone heard of these? Or of this series?

(I got it from an Amazon Marketplace seller for a very reasonable price.)

 

[The Wolf]

I saw "Deer Woman" directed by John Landis. It was very entertaining.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Lulu-in-Ny]

This was actually not that long ago; maybe 2004 or so. It was done for Showtime. Very hit-or-miss. They were either really good or god-awful. I actually liked the "Cigarette Burns" one, but I think that it had more to do with the presence of Norman Reedus than anything else. It might actually still be in production. Since I got rid of all my premium cable channels, I'm not sure.

 

[Dr Doran]

I have seen almost all of them by now. A lot were poor. The only good one was the Dario Argento one, but that one was great. The rest ... iffy.

Horror is such a tricky thing to pull off.

 

[A.R. McVintage]

The best one was in the second season, Family, directed by John landis. Came out 2006. Part of it must be attributed to the script writer, Brent Hanley, who wrote the fantastic (and terribly underrated/unknown), Frailty.


Cigarette Burns bothered me because the story was false (in that the basis for it has no logical bearing on the events).

 

[Feraud]

The best one was in the second season, Family, directed by John landis. Came out 2006. Part of it must be attributed to the script writer, Brent Hanley, who wrote the fantastic (and terribly underrated/unknown), Frailty.

Frailty is a great movie!

 

[PhilS]

Homecoming - Joe Dante

This series ran on Showtime from 2005-2007. I believe the series was originally going to be straight to Anchor Bay DVD. Anyway, I have only seen one -- Joe Dante's Homecoming - a fairly enjoyable political zombie movie. Stay away if you a dittohead.

 

[Darhling]

I have seen a few of these master of horror - they are quite good! I got so scared by Jenifer to.. just the single n in her name creeps my out now!

Cigarette burns - I had high hopes, since I had heard a little about the story about Le Fin absolue du Monde but it disappointed me.

 

[Dr Doran]

I have seen a few of these master of horror - they are quite good! I got so scared by Jenifer to.. just the single n in her name creeps my out now!

Cigarette burns - I had high hopes, since I had heard a little about the story about Le Fin absolue du Monde but it disappointed me.

Cigarette Burns COULD have been good. The intestine pulled through the movie projector thing was pretty nice.

 

[Dr Doran]

This series ran on Showtime from 2005-2007. I believe the series was originally going to be straight to Anchor Bay DVD. Anyway, I have only seen one -- Joe Dante's Homecoming - a fairly enjoyable political zombie movie. Stay away if you a dittohead.

What's a dittohead? Rightist? War hawk?

 

[Darhling]

Cigarette Burns COULD have been good. The intestine pulled through the movie projector thing was pretty nice.

that was watched through tight clapsed hands!! I liked the little bi-story about the movie critic who just had finished the review for the movie.

 

[Dr Doran]

that was watched through tight clapsed hands!! I liked the little bi-story about the movie critic who just had finished the review for the movie.

Yes, so did I.

I liked the whole idea of the movie La Fin Absolue du Monde. The scenes showed did indeed look like that sort of avant-garde film ... like a 1920s version of the weird movie within The Ring, crossed with the first performance of Stravinsky's Firebird or George Antheil's Ballet Mechanique.

 

[Darhling]

I also really liked 'The Fair Haired Child' and 'The Damned Thing' but only the latter because of Sean Patrick Flannery .. I had a big crush on him since Boondock Saints!

 

[Dr Doran]

I also really liked 'The Fair Haired Child' and 'The Damned Thing' but only the latter because of Sean Patrick Flannery .. I had a big crush on him since Boondock Saints!

I liked Fair Haired Child OK. I do not remember if I saw The Damned Thing. I have seen Boondock Saints, but I developed a crush on no one in the film.

What did you think of the episode wherein the young woman's boyfriend is a Marine survivalist guy whose friends are all survivalists also -- some rather weird and talking about "hiding out when the mud people take over" and she has to use the survival skills he taught her against the eye-driller freak who lives in the woods with the house with crucified people in front?

I loved its ending.

 

[Darhling]

I liked Fair Haired Child OK. I do not remember if I saw The Damned Thing. I have seen Boondock Saints, but I developed a crush on no one in the film.

What did you think of the episode wherein the young woman's boyfriend is a Marine survivalist guy whose friends are all survivalists also -- some rather weird and talking about "hiding out when the mud people take over" and she has to use the survival skills he taught her against the eye-driller freak who lives in the woods with the house with crucified people in front?

I loved its ending.

I haven't seen that!! sounds scary!!! why do freaks tend to live in a house in the woods!

I really disliked The Washingtonians..baaad acting and weak story.

 

[Dr Doran]

I haven't seen that!! sounds scary!!! why do freaks tend to live in a house in the woods!

So no one will see their freaky acts.

 

[A.R. McVintage]

Cigarette Burns COULD have been good.

Which is the sad part, but the story just makes no sense. The film collector already has an angel, but still wants the film...which doesn't work. As well as the fact that the big mystery of where the film is leads to...the filmmaker's widow.

Really?

No one thought of just calling this lady? It really took years of searching to come to that brilliant conclusion?

Bah.

 

[Dr Doran]

No one thought of just calling this lady? It really took years of searching to come to that brilliant conclusion?

Bah.

lol lol lol